飲み込む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
飮み込む (kyūjitai)
呑み込む

Etymology

Compound verb from 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 飲む (nomu, to drink; to swallow)) +‎ 込む (komu, to go into).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "飲み込む"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
飲み込む みこ
Imperative (命令形) 飲み込め みこ
Key constructions
Passive 飲み込まれる みこまれ
Causative 飲み込ませる みこませ
Potential 飲み込める みこめ
Volitional 飲み込もう みこも
Negative 飲み込まない みこまない
Negative perfective 飲み込まなかった みこまなかった
Formal 飲み込みます みこみま
Perfective 飲み込んだ みこんだ
Conjunctive 飲み込んで みこんで
Hypothetical conditional 飲み込めば みこめば

Verb

()() (nomikomutransitive godan (stem ()() (nomikomi), past ()()んだ (nomikonda))

  1. swallow, gulp down
  2. (figurative) digest, understand
    Synonyms: 理解する (rikai suru), 納得する (nattoku suru), 分かる (wakaru)
    ()()(はや)ね。
    Nomikomi ga hayai ne.
    You understood it so quickly.

Conjugation